Improvement in fire-kindlers



UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIoE.,

y JEROME E. sWE'ETLAND, 0E PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE-KINDLERS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,705, dated April 25, 1876; application filed October 2l, 1875.

To all whom @t may concern Be it known that I, JEROME B. SWEET- LAND, of Pontiac, in the county ot' Oakland and in the State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire- Kindlers; and do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing', and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making aA partvof this speciication. l

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a lire-kindler with detachable handle, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my firekindler complete. Fig. 2 is a perspective view Aof the brick part'thereof without the handle. Fig. 3 is a section of the same.

A represents the headl ofthe lire-kindler, made of brick or other similar material, in the form of a truncated cone or tapering` cylinder, and provided with a groove, a, which extends dialnetrically'across the large end of the head, and then up on both sides thereof to the small end. In the large end of the head Aare a numberof holes, b., extending upward into the same at an angle or parallel with the sides of the head. B represents a wire handle placed in thel grooves a of the head A, and bent around the head, as shown in Fig. l. One end of the wire is lbent to form a hook, c, which catches immediately above the head A on the stem or shank d of the handle, as shown.

The head A is intended to be saturated with naphtha, kerosene oil, or other suitable infiammab1e1naterial,and then set on tire. The blaze pours out ot' the holes b-in the end of the head when it is' laid in the' stove, instead of rising straight up.

The handle B can easily be detached, so that, in case the brick gets broken, it can be replaced.

The handle isprovided with a ring, f, at its end, so that it can be hung up when not in October, 1875.

' J. B. SWEETLAND. Witnesses: JOSEPH E. SAWYER,

v EDWARD C. SMITH. 

